Welcome to Zig-Zag week. A surfer’s delight!

This is surf camp at Sugar Bay! Surfing and other water sports are the focus, but there are plenty of other activities on offer too. Encourage the kids to get up at Dawn for an early surf or Life & Tides walk and talk. Here are some ideas of evening programs – feel free to customise them, but make sure they are fantastic! AC's should be given the choice to participate or not – up to counselors to try and tempt them to join in! Otherwise they can just chill (without disturbing anyone)

ZIG ZAG WEEK
12 AUGUST 2012-19 AUGUST 2012
BASIC PROGRAM (ALL)
12 SUNDAY / 13 MONDAY / 14 TUESDAY / 15 WEDNESDAY / 16 THURSDAY / 17 FRIDAY / 18 SATURDAY
DAWNIES / dawnies / Dawnies / Dawnies / dawnies / Optional dawnies
MC / Magma / Paris / Titan/Rooster / Ember / Rooi / Jaguar / Falcon
07:15 /
OPENING DAY
WELCOME
UP TO CABINS
ORIENTATION / WAKE UP / WAKE UP / WAKE UP / WAKE UP / Late
WAKE UP / WAKE UP
08:00 / BREAKFAST / BREAKFAST / BREAKFAST / BREAKFAST / Late BREAKFAST / BREAKFAST
09:00
12:30 / Beach day / TUCK / TUCK / TUCK / TUCK / TUCK
Activities / Activities / Activities / Activities / Activities
Activities / Activities / Activities / Activities / Activities
12:30 / LUNCH / LUNCH / LUNCH / LUNCH / LUNCH
13:00 / SIESTA / SIESTA / SIESTA / SIESTA / SIESTA
14:00 / Activities / Activities / Activities / Activities / All camp game
14:30
17:00 / Activities / Activities / Activities / Activities
18:00 / SUPPER / SUPPER / SUPPER / SUPPER / Beach supper / SUPPER / SUPPER
evening program1 / OPENING NIGHT GAMES
HALL / Cool Running’s Comedy Night (JNR) / Big Blue Cocktail Fiesta / Surfers Samurai
Boys: Lagoon / Sugar Luau & Fire Show / Tribal Glow Party / CAMP MOVIE
FINAL CAMPFIRE
evening program 2 / Surfers Scavenge (Snr) / Indoor surf Training camp / Surfers Samurai
Girls: Climbing wall
AM OFF
PM OFF
BIRTHDAYS
KITCHEN NOTES
AM / Beach supper? / Late breakfast
PM / Hamburgers / Hotdogs
EP / Cocktail garnish / Hot chocolate and shmores

SUNDAY

Set-up:

  • Front of reception: re-creation of a beach scene (similar to Madagascar week). Palm trees/ beach Umbrella / fake beach scene life guards, beach bar etc.
  • Arrival gift? Ankle bracelet?
  • Inside set-up: An all week announcement and sign-up beach bar (scaffolding). E.g.: (80's week)
  • Counselors : Different types of beach stereotypes : muscle men in oil / beach bums / surfer dudes

sun-tanners etc.

  • Beach music playing at reception and the inside hall
  • inside games: indoor soccer / skating / friendship bracelets / 4square /trampolines

·  excursion station: to be set up for kids to sign up – need a list of all kids names

NB some counselors dressed in normal staff clothing helping with sign-ins, parental enquiries and inside activities.

Opening night

After activity videos, MC explains the theme, sign-ups and special activities and on-going games. Find a way to do this without being boring! The emphasis of the week will be treated like a surfing camp (workshop) focusing on skill sets ocean knowledge etc. In orientation the MC will explain this to the kids and cement the various less than normal opportunities the kids will have during camp:

Have a sign-up stations with a list of all the kids so as to tick their names off

GAMES

1.  Ching chong : Truth / Fact / Hobby / family /you This is an easy “ching chong cha” game in where kids are gathered into their cabins and in a circular formation the counsellor randomly picks two kids to step in the centre an play. The difference is when one gets to the last syllable “cha” they must show their chosen sign. (The new hand signals will be shown to counsellor whilst the activity video is shown. This game can be played till everyone has mentioned something of themselves or played against each other. See appendix A for the rules

  1. Surfer dude says: (O'Grady but with surfer moves All camp game in the hall) E.g. Counselor says: ‘surfer dude says hold your surfboard”, kids would do it. If however the counselor just says: ‘hold your surfboard’, the child who does that needs to sit down. – use big movements

Early morning activities

Life & Tide workshops

Every morning there will be “life & tide” workshops (recommended for seniors but anyone can join)

The “Life & Tide” mini program has been created for the non- coastal versed kids wanting to learn more about how to handle the ocean and general ocean knowledge. The programme has also been designed for the kids whom have not signed up for the specialised ocean activities, but get to come close to the understanding of certain aspects of the ocean activities e.g. eventually swimming out to back-line, body surfing etc. (a sort of lifeguarding awareness workshop), with the sugar bay lifeguards. This will be happening on three early mornings and on two beach mornings (instead of team game) . Basic programme is as follows (but feel free to add other extra stuff depending on time/ interest level):

  • Part 1: walk and talk with the lifeguards: tide/set/wave – creation.
  • Part 2: Rip spotting /side washes / types of waves /currents -body surf to test.
  • Part 3: How to swim in the ocean / stroke technique /duck-diving /ocean awareness using waves
  • Part 4: Safety in and out the water / panic protection / how to handle mid-break
  • Part 5: back-line swim and back (depending on tide/weather an current) only confident

Dawnies (level 2 and 3 only)

1.  One early morning surf, one body board and one fitness class has been programmed for each morning. These counselors should offer more if there are super keen surfers/ boarders. Saturday is open to any one – depending on interest.

EVERY DAY ACTIVITIES

Surfer slang

  • Word of the day: giving cabins surfer slang to use for the day and an all camp word for the day that the MC of the day will get camp to learn. These phrases and words will also be used in every activity. Announcements at wake-up and breakfast. The PC in charge of this is: ___Jaguar______

ZAG-Mag

·  Sugar-Zag-mag: Create a posting board (similar to the blog-page in the Zig Zag magazine called “shot- Bru!” ours will be called “Aweh bru!”: The board will feature “the best of” EG: best stand-up attempt, wipe-out, beach pose etc. All these will be announced at meal times. Photos and written posts will be placed on the board every day for the kids to read and check. [We in the office] will make a collaged document which will be sent in the end of camp packages of the funniest “best of” pictures. The PC in charge of this is: ____Achilles/Tape______

Surfboard creation.?

·  Each cabin is to create a surfboard with cardboard or Styrofoam for cabin photos for the end of the week and final camp-fire. This is to be done _Monday___. The PC in charge of this is: __Paris______

Wave forecasts

  • Aloha Wake-up: wave forecasts done by the kids, Hawaiian style every morning. The PC in charge of this is: __Rooibos______

MONDAY

Cool-runnings comedy night (juniors - Theatre):

Based on skits and stunts night. Because of the exhausting activity regiment of a beach day this night will give the kids a chance to just sit back and be entertained and not get over exerted by more activities.

See appendix B for a list of new ways to perform skits!

Set-up: crash mats / mattresses / bean bags / couches.

Theatre: must still maintain a very beach like look (Must fit theme at all times)

Senior Scavenger Hunt!

This will be optional seniors evening program. They will be able to choose between the scavenger hunt around Zinkwazi and Camp or Skits and stunts night.

TUESDAY

Cocktail night

A cocktail making competition. A set of cocktail ingredients will be given to different groups, meaning no one group has the exact same ingredients. Within their specific groups, every kid has to make their own cocktail and amongst themselves they will choose the best out of the groups to be presented as the group cocktail to get judged. However this is also a race - a cocktail is only complete with its garnish. The first group to complete their cocktail will have first dibs on garnish choice (one garnish at a time). These are set out on a table in the front. Once the final cocktail is completed the cabins have to name the cocktails and give an explanation of the cocktail and the surfer’s community who will like their drink the most. The drink, name and explanation will get judged by a panel of counselors and campers.

Venue: Hall

Competition set-up: x4 art- tables set in a semi-circle with the judges table in front of them

Garnish table with all the garnishes

Judgement points: Presentation / colours / taste / explanation.

Indoor Surf training Camp

Venue: Theatre. A special Q & A session with a professional Body-boarder and/or surfers if they are able to come.

Option (if talk is not long enough or is cancelled) :Have an indoor surf training camp with BOSU balls etc.

This will be arranged by Rooster, He will run an evening Surf Training course with the seniors. They'll learn valuable skills and learn to get fit.

WEDNESDAY

Surfer Samurai

The Surfer Samurai is a fabled Japanese warrior who honed his mystic stealth like abilities through traditional martial arts from his homeland and further went on to adapt an redefine his technique, by taking on skill sets from many other cultures. Separate the sexes and put them through their paces via skill set night activities :

Boys activity:

Night-water stalk the lantern (E.g. stalk the lantern but on water): The lantern being a counselor in a kayak or on a SUP with a spotlight shining on the kids.

  • SUP board or stand up kayaking / kayaking.
  • During that activity (a braai will be going where shmore making will be held for the junior boys)

After the stealth like adventure & pack-up the boys will be met with a snack and hot chocolate by the boat house.

You will need: fire equipment, spotlight, kayaks and SUP’s and the refreshments

Girls Activity:

Night cat stalk the lantern. Climbing assault (climber’s towers) with a spotlight shining on the kids.

  • Old wall / New wall / Jacobs ladder / King swing : get to top and get selected prizes
  • During that activity (a braai will be going with shmore making)

You will need: spotlight, prizes, braai equipment and refreshments

THURSDAY

Fashioned in a traditional luau (or in our case a beach braai).

All to be served on banana leaves/Newspaper

Three options:

  1. Fish and chips
  2. Beer bread with smarties inside for snacks.

Thereafter, a glow in the dark (GITD) festival begins featuring the following activities:

  • How low can you go (get long stick)
  • GITD Ultimate Frisbee
  • GITD Volley ball
  • Shell painting
  • Glow toy releasing

Set-up: Portable music box (DJ equipment) / Paraffin / Braai stand two tables / Baymaries /Juices, Drop-mats for chilled activities / wood-blitz / collected banana leaves/newspapers.

After the luau, kids gather by the bonfire for a on the beach traditional fire-show

FRIDAY

  1. Excursion Kids will go see a surfboard being made and then off to Gateway Theatre of Shopping, to go to the Wave house(FloRider), skate park or climb the big wall. Take a packed lunch
  2. Scuba: Some kids will do scuba in the pool with Ember
  3. Wake Snake: the rest will go to the beach for beach activities and Wake snake.

Theatre: Glow in-the-dark party

Before the Fijian influenced night begins: kids will have an opportunity to get glow in the dark paint and using tribal stencils, the kids can coat their arms and faces with traditional celebratory tribal art and get to party in spectacular colour fashion! Set-up: lots of floral and lumo colours / palm trees / special floral projections. All in the Theatre

SATURDAY ALL CAMP GAME:

Driftwood:

The objective of this game is to get a piece of “driftwood” from its starting point to the light house (Set-up a Lighthouse with scaffolding etc.)

  • Split the kids into groups of about 15.
  • Each group then allocates 1 person “the piece of driftwood” from the group to guide the group to the Light house ( lantern)
  • Every other person than the allocated person, is blindfolded and as a group must create a method to transport the piece of driftwood. (Alternatively they must all be under a big piece of material)
  • Each group will be given 10mins to make a strategy/ war-cry’s / team name

The rule: The piece of driftwood is not allowed to touch the ground.

The groups can use three techniques:

  • The human rubber tube: (the group joins hands and the piece of driftwood sits in the middle guiding them to the target.
  • The Human canoe: (form a human caterpillar and then the piece of driftwood mounts the canoe and paddles to the target – using voice commands like paddle left-which is right etc.)
  • The “Hold my lightie bru!”: ( the group has to carry the driftwood, two steps at a time in a line)

KITCHEN NOTES

Tuesdays cocktail night – Ask the kitchen if they have any garnishes e.g. Cocktails apples, oranges, bananas, pineapples, mint etc.